We also sang "Jesus Loves the Little Children" and read Jesus Loves Children - Mark 10:13-16 (My First Hands-On Bible).

We read People, New Toes for Tia, and The Gods Must Be Angry (the last two are stories from Thailand and all three are from Sonlight P 4/5). All three are wonderful books.

While I was planning this row, I asked Bo if he had ever been to the United States of America and he said he didn't know. I told him he lives there!

I asked him if he knew what continent we lived on and he said George Washington, haha. I told him George Washington commanded the "Continental" Army. :)

I had planned to do a Me on the Map activity with Bo, but instead we later talked about it. I asked him what country he lived in and he said America (he remembered from our earlier conversation). Then I asked him what state, what town, and what street he lived on and he knew them all. And then he did this lesson from Science4Us...

Since my post has so few pictures, I'll share our quilt square for this row. :)

I have one full set of squares for B4 and need two more, so I signed up for 2 sets in the next swap so I can make a quilt for each child that I rowed with. Eliana is quilting with 4H this year so we will start on her quilt first.

There are several spots open on the B4 swap if you are interested in participating. To participate, you will need to join the FIAR Quilt Swap Yahoo Group, then click on the database to add you name to a book that is available. Participation requires a purchase of 1.5 - 2 yards of fabric, from which you will cut twelve 10.5 inch squares for each book you sign up for. You need not be experienced to participate! If you join, be sure to select a book from List 1 AND List 2 so you get a complete set. I'd love to see this swap fill up, so please don't hesitate to join!

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A simple easy row and maybe our last from Before Five in a Row. We don't celebrate Easter, so I'm not sure yet if we will row The Little Rabbit. It would be easy to leave that part out so we may still down the road. It's the only book we haven't rowed from Before Five in a Row, so I'm tempted. A study of rabbits would be fun, but I may just pull it out when we row The Story of Peter Rabbit and include it as a go-along for that row.

Bittersweet that Bo is 5 and that we will be moving on. I've so enjoyed rowing through B4 a second time with him. I'm holding a little tighter to him these days knowing that he is growing up and that it won't be long before he stops climbing into my lap to be held and snuggled. I want to embrace and enjoy each child I have right where they are, but having three teenagers - one about to turn 20, I know that it goes by way too fast. So I will take the advice I was given when Jordan (my first) was born - revel in the moment.

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I'd love to join the FIAR Quilt Swap, however I don't have the experience needed to create it. I'm looking to take classes soon. Please do show us photos of the finished product :)Your Bo is growing so fast!

Serenity, I don't either! I hope to learn too. Don't let that stop you from joining the swap. Basically, you wash, dry and iron your fabric and then cut it. If you don't feel comfortable cutting it with a rotary trimmer, you can cut it 2 inches larger and use scissors. I'd be happy to coach you through the process if you are interested. I bought a 10.5 inch square and a rotary trimmer to cut my blocks - and I buy extra fabric for when I make mistakes. It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be! :)

Precious, precious <3 My youngest is 10 about to turn 11. I remember the days when he was Bo's age. These are the moments to treasure in our hearts, but as you said we cherish those moments with our big boys too. Being a mom hurts in good ways.